Books Banned in Missouri
262 banned books
1984
1984 is George Orwell's dystopian novel about Winston Smith, a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in the totalitaria...
A Court of Mist and Fury
A Court of Mist and Fury is the second book in Sarah J. Maas's ACOTAR series, following Feyre as she navigates the after...
A Court of Wings and Ruin
A Court of Wings and Ruin is the third book in Sarah J. Maas's ACOTAR series, following Feyre as she leads a dangerous m...
Empire of Storms
The fifth Throne of Glass novel placed #4 on ALA's 2025 most-challenged books list as Sarah J. Maas remained a major cen...
The Giver
Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning dystopian novel about a society that has eliminated pain, color, and choice, challeng...
And Tango Makes Three
A children's picture book about two male penguins who raise a chick together, based on a true story from the Central Par...
The Nowhere Girls
The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed follows three misfit teenagers who take on their school's rape culture. Banned in multiple...
Monster
Monster by Walter Dean Myers follows a 16-year-old Black teenager on trial for felony murder, told through his screenpla...
People Kill People
People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins examines gun violence through six interconnected perspectives. Banned across multipl...
Let's Talk About It
Let's Talk About It by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan is a graphic guide to sex, relationships, and bodies for teens. One ...
Scars
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield is a YA novel about a teenager recovering from childhood sexual abuse who uses self-harm to co...
l8r, g8r
The final book in Lauren Myracle's Internet Girls trilogy, told entirely through instant messages as three friends navig...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A novel about an aging Hollywood icon who finally tells the truth about her glamorous, scandal-filled life and the great...
Concrete Rose
A prequel to The Hate U Give following Maverick Carter as a 17-year-old in Garden Heights, navigating gang life, fatherh...
Girls of Paper and Fire
A Malaysian-inspired fantasy about Lei, a girl chosen as one of the Demon King's Paper Girls, who falls in love with ano...
Firekeeper's Daughter
An Ojibwe teenager goes undercover to investigate a meth epidemic devastating her tribal community. Challenged for drug ...
The Breakaways
A middle-grade graphic novel about Faith, who joins a soccer team and navigates friendships, crushes, and finding where ...
Dear Martin
After a racially-motivated incident with police, Justyce McAllister starts writing letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
The Vanishing Half
A multigenerational saga about identical twin sisters from a small Southern Black community, one of whom secretly passes...
Iron Widow
A sci-fi reimagining of Chinese history where Zetian, a girl from a patriarchal society, pilots giant mechs to fight ali...
Blackout
A YA anthology of six interconnected love stories set during a New York City blackout, all featuring Black teen characte...
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
Gabi Hernandez documents her senior year in a diary as she deals with her father's meth addiction, her best friend's pre...
The Weight of Blood
A reimagining of Stephen King's Carrie set in a small Georgia town, exploring race, identity, and violence when the scho...
White Smoke
A YA horror novel about a biracial teen who moves into a renovated house in a gentrifying neighborhood and discovers it'...
Every Body Looking
A novel-in-verse about a Nigerian American college freshman navigating her mother's addiction, her father's strict expec...
Instructions for Dancing
A YA novel about a girl who gains the ability to see how couples' love stories end just by touching a book, and must dec...
The Belles
A YA fantasy set in a world where beauty is controlled by magical women called Belles, and one Belle discovers the dark ...
Home After Dark
'Home After Dark...
Juliet Takes a Breath
'Juliet Takes a Breath...
Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire
A comics anthology collecting queer history, memoir, satire, and criticism from a wide range of LGBTQ creators....
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
'Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard...
Blankets
'Blankets...
Kiss Number 8
'Kiss Number 8...
Lighter Than My Shadow
'Lighter Than My Shadow...
Heroine
'Heroine...
How It All Blew Up
'How It All Blew Up...
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery": The Authorized Graphic Adaptation
'Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery': The Authorized Graphic Adaptation...
Spinning
'Spinning...
Zahra's Paradise
A graphic novel about a mother searching post-revolutionary Tehran for her missing son after the 2009 protests....
Assassination Classroom
'Assassination Classroom...
Bingo Love #1
'Bingo Love #1...
Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy
'Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy...
Gender Danger: Survivors of Rape, Human Trafficking, and Honor Killings
'Gender Danger: Survivors of Rape, Human Trafficking, and Honor Killings...
Heavy: An American Memoir
'Heavy: An American Memoir...
Himawari House
'Himawari House...
How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
'How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual...
Last Man: The Royal Cup
'Last Man: The Royal Cup...
Sex Plus: Learning, Loving, and Enjoying Your Body
'Sex Plus: Learning, Loving, and Enjoying Your Body...
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
'The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale...
The Daughters of Ys
'The Daughters of Ys...
The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures
'The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures...
The Sacrifice of Darkness
'The Sacrifice of Darkness...
Why Comics?: From Underground to Everywhere
'Why Comics?: From Underground to Everywhere...
1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die: The Ultimate Guide to Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Manga
'1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die: The Ultimate Guide to Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Manga...
50 Artists You Should Know
'50 Artists You Should Know...
50 Paintings You Should Know
'50 Paintings You Should Know...
50 Sculptures You Should Know
'50 Sculptures You Should Know...
50 Women Artists You Should Know
A comprehensive survey of fifty influential women artists from the Renaissance to the Post-Modern era, chronicling their...
A Brief History of Manga
'A Brief History of Manga...
A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1
'A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1...
A Gift for a Ghost
'A Gift for a Ghost...
A History of Art
An educational overview tracing Western art from its European origins through various historical periods and cultural mo...
A Map to the Sun
'A Map to the Sun...
A Story about Cancer with a Happy Ending
'A Story about Cancer with a Happy Ending...
African Art: An Introduction
'African Art: An Introduction...
Alan Moore's America's Best Comics
'Alan Moore's America's Best Comics...
All-Action Classics No. 3: The Odyssey
A graphic adaptation of Homer's epic, turning Odysseus's long journey home into a fast, illustrated retelling for younge...
Altered Carbon: One Life, One Death
'Altered Carbon: One Life, One Death...
American Gods, Vol. 1: Shadows
'American Gods, Vol. 1: Shadows...
American Gods, Vol. 2: My Ainsel
'American Gods, Vol. 2: My Ainsel...
An Introduction to Drawing: An Artist's Guide to Skills & Techniques
'An Introduction to Drawing: An Artist's Guide to Skills & Techniques...
An Introduction to Oil Painting
'An Introduction to Oil Painting...
An Introduction to Watercolor
'An Introduction to Watercolor...
André Kertész
'André Kertész...
Animal Stories
'Animal Stories...
Annie Leibovitz at Work
'Annie Leibovitz at Work...
Art: A World History
'Art: A World History...
Art: Annotated Guides
'Art: Annotated Guides...
Art That Changed the World
'Art That Changed the World...
Babylonian Mythology
'Babylonian Mythology...
Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again
'Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again...
Batman: The Killing Joke
'Batman: The Killing Joke...
Batman: White Knight
'Batman: White Knight...
Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites
'Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites...
Black Butler, Vol. 29
'Black Butler, Vol. 29...
Black Magick: Awakening
'Black Magick: Awakening...
Black Road: The Holy North
'Black Road: The Holy North...
Blackbird: Book 1 The Great Beast
'Blackbird: Book 1 The Great Beast...
Blade of the Immortal Omnibus, Vol. 3
'Blade of the Immortal Omnibus, Vol. 3...
Bleach, Vol. 21
'Bleach, Vol. 21...
Bloodlust and Bonnets
'Bloodlust and Bonnets...
Blues: A History of American Music
'Blues: A History of American Music...
Bone Parish, Vol. 1
'Bone Parish, Vol. 1...
Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights
'Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights...
Boy-Crazy Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club Series)
'Boy-Crazy Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club Series)...
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
'Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World...
Breakfast of Champions
'Breakfast of Champions...
Cezanne: Mont Sainte Victoire
'Cezanne: Mont Sainte Victoire...
Chagall: The Falling Angel
'Chagall: The Falling Angel...
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
'Chaucer's Canterbury Tales...
Citrus Plus, Vol. 1
A yuri manga following Mei and Yuzu after the original Citrus series, focusing on romance, jealousy, and the awkward wor...
Complete Guide to Drawing and Painting
A large-format art instruction book covering foundational techniques in drawing, color, painting materials, and composit...
Coyotes, Vol. 1
'Coyotes, Vol. 1...
Crime and Punishment: The Graphic Novel
'Crime and Punishment: The Graphic Novel...
Dali: The Persistence of Memory
'Dali: The Persistence of Memory...
Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman
'Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman...
Deadly Class
'Deadly Class...
Deep Dark Fears
'Deep Dark Fears...
Degas: Impressions of a Great Master
'Degas: Impressions of a Great Master...
Degas: The Dance Class
'Degas: The Dance Class...
Democracy
'Democracy...
Discovering Mythology - Gods and Goddesses
'Discovering Mythology - Gods and Goddesses...
Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned
'Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Lear...
Edward Hopper: A Modern Master
'Edward Hopper: A Modern Master...
Epileptic
'Epileptic...
Fantastic Four By Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo: Ultimate Collection - Book One (Fantastic Four 1998-2012)
'Fantastic Four By Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo: Ultimate Collection - Book One (Fantastic Four 1998-2012)...
Feynman
'Feynman...
Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film
'Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film...
Fire Force, Vol. 1
'Fire Force, Vol. 1...
Flawed
'Flawed...
Full Bloom: The Art and Life of Georgia O' Keefe
'Full Bloom: The Art and Life of Georgia O' Keefe...
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation
'Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation...
Giant Days
'Giant Days...
Giant Days: Not On the Test Edition Vol. 1 - Fall Semester
'Giant Days: Not On the Test Edition Vol. 1 - Fall Semester...
Giant Days: Not On the Test Edition Vol. 2 - Winter Semester
'Giant Days: Not On the Test Edition Vol. 2 - Winter Semester...
Gilgamesh: A Graphic Novel
'Gilgamesh: A Graphic Novel...
Girl Talk: The Ultimate Body & Puberty Book for Girls
A puberty guide for girls that explains body changes, emotional development, health, and growing up in direct, age-appro...
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
'Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations...
Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker
'Graphic Classics: Bram Stoker...
Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe
'Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe...
Graphic Classics Volume 8: Mark Twain - 2nd Edition
'Graphic Classics Volume 8: Mark Twain - 2nd Edition...
Graphic Design: A New History
'Graphic Design: A New History...
Grass
'Grass...
Great Masterpieces of the World
'Great Masterpieces of the World...
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story
'Green River Killer: A True Detective Story...
Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work
'Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work...
History of Western Art in Comics Part One: From Prehistory to the Renaissance
'History of Western Art in Comics Part One: From Prehistory to the Renaissance...
Hitler's Final Solution
'Hitler's Final Solution...
Hollow City: The Graphic Novel
'Hollow City: The Graphic Novel...
Holocaust Camps and Killing Centers
'Holocaust Camps and Killing Centers...
Holocaust Rescue and Liberation
'Holocaust Rescue and Liberation...
Holocaust Resistance
'Holocaust Resistance...
Home Body
'Home Body...
Horde
'Horde...
How to Read Italian Renaissance Painting
'How to Read Italian Renaissance Painting...
I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 1: Madly Ever After
'I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 1: Madly Ever After...
Invisible Girl: A Novel
'Invisible Girl: A Novel...
Irving Penn: A Career In Photography
'Irving Penn: A Career In Photography...
Ivy
'Ivy...
Joe Hill's The Cape: 1969
'Joe Hill's The Cape: 1969...
Kandinsky: The First Abstract Watercolour Painting
'Kandinsky: The First Abstract Watercolour Painting...
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
'Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation...
King of King Court
'King of King Court...
Leonardo and The Last Supper
'Leonardo and The Last Supper...
Leonardo: Revised Edition
'Leonardo: Revised Edition...
Life in a Nazi Concentration Camp
'Life in a Nazi Concentration Camp...
Locke & Key Vol. 1: Welcomeome To Lovecraft
'Locke & Key Vol. 1: Welcomeome To Lovecraft...
Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks
'Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks...
Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega
'Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega...
Looking at Paintings
'Looking at Paintings...
Macbeth: The Graphic Novel
'Macbeth: The Graphic Novel...
Magritte: The Human Condition
'Magritte: The Human Condition...
Man Ray: The Paris Years
'Man Ray: The Paris Years...
Manet: Le dejeuner sur I'herbe
'Manet: Le dejeuner sur I'herbe...
Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
'Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein...
Matisse: LA Danse
'Matisse: LA Danse...
Medusa
'Medusa...
Michelangelo: Master of the Italian Renaissance
'Michelangelo: Master of the Italian Renaissance...
Mirror of the World: A New History of Art
'Mirror of the World: A New History of Art...
Modern Romance: An Investigation
'Modern Romance: An Investigation...
Modigliani: Reclining Nude
'Modigliani: Reclining Nude...
Monstress
'Monstress...
Munch: The Scream
'Munch: The Scream...
My Last Summer with Cass
'My Last Summer with Cass...
My Riot
'My Riot...
Mythology
'Mythology...
Myths, Legends and Sacred Stories: A Visual Encyclopedia
'Myths, Legends and Sacred Stories: A Visual Encyclopedia...
Pablo: Art Masters Series
'Pablo: Art Masters Series...
Parenthesis
'Parenthesis...
Patience
'Patience...
Penultimate Quest
'Penultimate Quest...
Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares - An Original Graphic Novel
'Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares - An Original Graphic Novel...
Puberty is Gross but Also Really Awesome
'Puberty is Gross but Also Really Awesome...
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
'Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything...
Queen of the Sea
'Queen of the Sea...
Raphael: His Life, Works, and Times
'Raphael: His Life, Works, and Times...
Raphael: School of Athens
'Raphael: School of Athens...
Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present
'Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present...
Rembrandt: Supper at Emmaus
'Rembrandt: Supper at Emmaus...
Renoir: Moulin de la Galette
'Renoir: Moulin de la Galette...
Rubens: Garden of Love
'Rubens: Garden of Love...
Scene of the Crime: Tracking Down Criminals with Forensic Science
'Scene of the Crime: Tracking Down Criminals with Forensic Science...
Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques
'Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques...
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe
'Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe...
Secret Origins
'Secret Origins...
Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
'Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness...
Shakespeare's Hamlet: The Manga Edition
'Shakespeare's Hamlet: The Manga Edition...
Shattered Warrior
'Shattered Warrior...
Sirens
'Sirens...
Something Happened in Our Town
'Something Happened in Our Town...
SP4RX
'SP4RX...
Stiegliz on Photography: His Selected Essays and Notes
'Stiegliz on Photography: His Selected Essays and Notes...
Storytelling in Christian Art from Biotto to Donatello
'Storytelling in Christian Art from Biotto to Donatello...
Sumomomo, Momomo: The Strongest Bride on Earth, Vol. 1
'Sumomomo, Momomo: The Strongest Bride on Earth, Vol. 1...
Super Sisters
'Super Sisters...
SuperMutant Magic Academy
'SuperMutant Magic Academy...
The Ancient Greeks
'The Ancient Greeks...
The Annotated Mona Lisa, Third Edition: A Crash Court in Art History from Prehistoric to the Present (Volume 3)
'The Annotated Mona Lisa, Third Edition: A Crash Court in Art History from Prehistoric to the Present (Volume 3)...
The Apparatus of Death - The Third Reich
'The Apparatus of Death - The Third Reich...
The Art of Comics
'The Art of Comics...
The Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greeks Myths, Retold
'The Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greeks Myths, Retold...
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
'The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir...
The Black Monday Murders
'The Black Monday Murders...
The Cape
'The Cape...
The Children's Bible
'The Children's Bible...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga: Illustrated
'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga: Illustrated...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing People Illustrated
'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing People Illustrated...
The Creeps: A Deep Dark Fears Collection
'The Creeps: A Deep Dark Fears Collection...
The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now
'The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now...
The Essential Claude Monet
'The Essential Claude Monet...
The Essential Edward Hopper
'The Essential Edward Hopper...
The Essential Henri Matisse
'The Essential Henri Matisse...
The Essential Hieronymus Bosch
'The Essential Hieronymus Bosch...
The Essential Johannes Vermeer
'The Essential Johannes Vermeer...
The Essential Mary Cassatt
'The Essential Mary Cassatt...
The Essential Michelangelo
'The Essential Michelangelo...
The Essential Pablo Picasso
'The Essential Pablo Picasso...
The Essential Salvador Dali
'The Essential Salvador Dali...
The Essential Vincent van Gogh
'The Essential Vincent van Gogh...
The Event
'The Event...
The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation
'The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation...
The Golden Sheep 1
'The Golden Sheep 1...
The Good Earth (Graphic Adaptation)
'The Good Earth (Graphic Adaptation)...
The Hill
'The Hill...
The History of Art
'The History of Art...
The History of the Blues
'The History of the Blues...
The History of Western Painting
'The History of Western Painting...
The History of Western Sculpture
'The History of Western Sculpture...
The Human Body in Action
'The Human Body in Action...
The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry
'The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry...
The Invisible War: A Tale on Two Scales
'The Invisible War: A Tale on Two Scales...
The Last Halloween: Children
'The Last Halloween: Children...
The League of Super Feminists
'The League of Super Feminists...
The Life and Art of Paul Gauguin
'The Life and Art of Paul Gauguin...
The Low, Low Woods
'The Low, Low Woods...
The Mythics #1: Heroes Reborn
'The Mythics #1: Heroes Reborn...
The Renaissance
'The Renaissance...
The Stranger: The Graphic Novel
'The Stranger: The Graphic Novel...
The Walking Dead: A Continuing Story of Survival Horror, Book 1
'The Walking Dead: A Continuing Story of Survival Horror, Book 1...
The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters
'The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters...
The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
'The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire...
The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before
'The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before...
The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer
'The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer...
Toulouse-Lautrec: At the Moulin Rouge
'Toulouse-Lautrec: At the Moulin Rouge...
Vermeer: The Astronomer
'Vermeer: The Astronomer...
Violet and Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins
'Violet and Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins...
What to Do When I'm Gone: A Mother's Wisdom to Her Daughter
'What to Do When I'm Gone: A Mother's Wisdom to Her Daughter...
Woman World
'Woman World...
Women
'Women...
Wraith
'Wraith...
Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel: Everything You Need to Know to Create Great Graphic Works
'Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel: Everything You Need to Know to Create Great Graphic Works...
X-Men: Age of X
'X-Men: Age of X...